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<p>Getting rid of all the unnecessary elements can greatly improve the
quality and impact of your chart. First, the chart will be cleaner and
thus more likely to be read by people. Second, it will allow people to
target directly what is important on the chart, and thus to get your
point.</p>
<p>Here is a good example that takes a cluttered graphic from <a
href="http://viz.wtf">viz.wtf</a> and gets rid of the unnecessary
elements. This example comes from the website <a
href="http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/2017/3/29/declutter-this-graph">Storytelling
with data</a> by <a
href="http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/about/">Cole Nussbaumer
Knaflic</a>.</p>
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<p>The idea of the chart is to show that women tend to begin Christmas
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<p>Here are the components you can consider removing when making a
chart:</p>
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<li>3D (always)</li>
<li>Color effects for decoration (always)</li>
<li>Grid lines (if unnecessary only)</li>
<li>Axis</li>
<li>Decimals</li>
<li>Play with font and text size: some text is more important than
others</li>
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<p>Here is an animation showing the evolution of the previous chart at
each step of the improvement:</p>
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<em><a
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impact of decluttering your graph by Storytelling with data</a></em>
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<li>Visit the website <a
href="http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/">Story Telling with
data</a></li>
<li>Order <a href="http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/book/">Cole’s
book</a>: a data visualization guide for business professionals</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/data-looks-better-naked">Data
looks better naked</a>, by Dark Horse Analytics.</li>
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